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3D printing using concrete extrusion: a roadmap for research

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posted on 2018-09-11, 07:55 authored by Richard BuswellRichard Buswell, W.R. Leal de Silva, S.Z. Jones, J. Dirrenberger
Large-scale additive manufacturing processes for construction utilise computer-controlled placement of extruded cement-based mortar to create physical objects layer-by-layer. Demonstrated applications include component manufacture and placement of in-situ walls for buildings. These applications vary the constraints on design parameters and present different technical issues for the production process. In this paper, published and new work are utilised to explore the relationship between fresh and hardened paste, mortar, and concrete material properties and how they influence the geometry of the created object. Findings are classified by construction application to create a matrix of issues that identifies the spectrum of future research exploration in this emerging field.

Funding

The UK would like to acknowledge the initial project funded through the Loughborough University IMCRC (EPSRC grant number: EP/E002323/1, 2006-2011) and the support of the current Innovate UK funded project CAMBER (EPSRC grant number: EP/P031420/1). Denmark wishes to acknowledge the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education for funding the project ‘3D Printet Byggeri’ at the Danish Technological Institute.

History

School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Published in

Cement and Concrete Research

Volume

112

Pages

37 - 49

Citation

BUSWELL, R.A. ... et al, 2018. 3D printing using concrete extrusion: a roadmap for research. Cement and Concrete Research, 112, pp.37-49.

Publisher

Elsevier (© The Authors)

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Acceptance date

2018-05-07

Publication date

2018-06-14

Copyright date

2018

Notes

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Elsevier under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

ISSN

0008-8846

Language

  • en